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On Saturday, December 12, in Cairo, Egypt, 27-year-old former # 1 Justine Henin of Belgium (residence: Monte Carlo, Monaco), who is returning from retirement to play again on the WTA Tour, defeated 27-year-old #20 Nadia Petrova of Russia (who also resides in Monte Carlo) in an exhibition match, 7-6(4), 6-2. story with video     Justine is now 3-0 in exhibitions this off-season, having defeated Kirsten Flipkens and Flavia Pennetta (6-4, 6-4, photo shown) in Charleroi, Belgium on December 5th and 6th. story     2004 Australian Open champion Justine will begin the 2010 WTA season in Brisbane on January 4, and Sydney (where she is 3-time champ) on Jan. 11. Brisbane Times interview

Charleroi, December 6: #NR (former #1) Justine Henin 5'5¾" 126lb RH 1H-BH     tennis.quickfound.net tourney page: Brisbane, Auckland, Perth & Hong Kong

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Two more full match videos have been added to the WTA Classic Videos in the video player below (and on other pages at quickfound.net): Martina Hingis d Mary Pierce in the 1997 Australian Open final, and Maria Sharapova d Justine Henin in the 2008 Australian Open quarterfinals. Enjoy. Finetune streaming music player popup:  18 playlists, 45+ full tracks each, 1300+ tracks total, free music, no registration, no commercials, no gimmicks.     Fans of Serbians Jelena Jankovic (who has one Serbian and one Montenegrin parent) and Ana Ivanovic might like to see the new Serbia News & Links page, which includes 2 articles by Frank G. Carpenter describing Belgrade & nearby farms in 1925, and the new Montenegro News & Links page, with three very interesting articles by David Ker, who climbed the Black Mountain to meet Prince Nikita in 1881.     The 2009 WTA Wallpapers are now complete, with 77 images of 41 different players on the 4 wallpapers. New sizes have been added: 1366x768 for newer wide notebook PCs, and 1024x600 for small netbooks. The combo wallpapers (all 4 from this year, or the past 4 years offcourt, on one page) are also available in larger sizes up to 1920x1200 for hi-res desktop monitors, and 1440x900 for 17" notebooks.     2009 prize money earnings for the top 100 players have been added to the 2009 WTA Tourney Results & Champion Photos page. #1 Serena Williams totaled $6,545,586 in prize & bonus earnings; #100 (on the money list) Julia Goerges totaled $173,049. 137 players made over $100,000 (Stephanie Cohen-Aloro: $101,431), and 198 players' earnings exceeded $50,000 (Anna Tatishvili: $50,123).   WTA, ITF & Exhibition Jan 2-9 Brisbane International, Brisbane, AUS INTL $220,000 32m/32q/16d outdoor: hard Live Scores draws: WTA pics: DL | Y!: sports - news | WTA Brisbane: weather radar - forecast #18 K Clijsters, #20 N Petrova #22 A Ivanovic, #NR wc J Henin ASB Classic, Auckland, NZL INTL $220,000 32m/32q/16d outdoor: hard Live Scores draws: WTA pics: DL | Y!: sports - news | WTA - NZH TVNZ - Auckland: rainfall - forecast #12 F Pennetta, #15 Na Li #16 Y Wickmayer, #17 F Schiavone Hopman Cup, Perth, AUS Live Scores standings - results - teams-sched photos: DL | Y!: sports - news Perth: weather radar - forecast World Team Challenge, Hong Kong, CHN Hong Kong: radar - forecast     The qualifying draw has been posted for Brisbane at the tourney website; the Auckland draws are not yet available as of this writing (qualifying draws are usually up on the Friday before the tourney begins, main draws on Saturday, sometimes later). The links are above.     WTA players participating in this years Hopman Cup in Perth are: #5 Elena Dementieva, #13 Samantha Stosur, #23 Sabine Lisicki, #27 Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, #46 Sorana Cirstea, #49 Melanie Oudin, #53 Yaroslava Shvedova, and #403 Laura Robson.     WTA players participating in this years World Team Challenge exhibition in Hong Kong are: Europe: #4 Caroline Wozniacki DEN, #7 Victoria Azarenka BLR; The Americas: #6 Venus Williams USA, #37 Gisela Dulko ARG; Russia: #9 Vera Zvonareva (if Vera has sufficiently recovered from arthroscopic right ankle surgery on November 11), #14 Maria Sharapova; Asia-Pacific: #36 Jie Zheng CHN, #72 Ayumi Morita JPN. tennis.quickfound.net tourney page: Brisbane, Auckland, Perth & Hong Kong WTA SCOREBOARD: Brisbane, Auckland, Perth, Hong Kong     ranks are for the previous week s=seed, #=rank, *=upset, LL=lucky loser     How do players get into the "draw"? Brisbane, 1st Round, Sun-Mon 10:00am loser's prize: $1,725 US; points: 1 #NR (former #1) wc Justine Henin BEL #18 Kim Clijsters BEL #20 Nadia Petrova RUS #22 Ana Ivanovic SRB #25 Daniela Hantuchova SVK #29 Alisa Kleybanova RUS #35 Aleksandra Wozniak CAN #38 Melinda Czink HUN #39 Iveta Benesova CZE #40 Agnes Szavay HUN #41 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS #42 Lucie Safarova CZE #47 Shuai Peng CHN #48 Sara Errani ITA #52 Olga Govortsova BLR #54 Timea Bacsinzsky SUI #55 Sybille Bammer AUT #56 Andrea Petkovic GER #57 Jelena Dokic AUS #59 Tathiana Garbin ITA #60 Ekaterina Makarova RUS #64 Roberta Vinci ITA #65 Lucie Hradecka CZE #67 Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER #68 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE Brisbane, 2nd Round, Tue-Wed 10:30am loser's prize: $2,950 US; points: 30 Brisbane, QFs, Thu 10:30am loser's prize: $5,340 US; points: 70 Brisbane, SFs, Fri 11am loser's prize: $10,200 US; points: 130 Brisbane, Final, Sat 7pm loser's prize: $19,000 US; points: 200 winner's prize: $37,000 US; points: 280 Brisbane, Doubles Final, Sat loser's prize: $5,750 US winner's prize: $11,000 US Brisbane, Qual Finals, Sun Jan 3, 10am losers' prizes: q1 $265 1pt; q2 $460 6pts; q3 $860 10pts; qualifier 16 points Brisbane, Withdrawals #2 Dinara Safina RUS low back injury Auckland, 1st Round, Mon-Tue 11am loser's prize: $1,725 US; points: 1 #12 Flavia Pennetta ITA #15 Na Li #16 wc Yanina Wickmayer BEL ban lifted, cleared by ITF to play #17 Francesca Schiavone ITA #19 Virginie Razzano FRA #23 Elena Vesnina RUS #26 Aravane Rezai FRA #27 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP #28 Dominika Cibulkova SVK #30 Shahar Peer ISR #33 Carla Suárez Navarro ESP #49 Alizé Cornet FRA #50 Olga Govortsova BLR #52 Alexandra Dulgheru ROU #57 Sania Mirza IND #58 Kaia Kanepi EST #62 Maria Kirilenko RUS #67 Anna Chakvetadze RUS #68 Polona Hercog SLO #71 Tatjana Malek GER #72 Iona Raluca Olaru ROU #73 Alberta Brianti ITA #74 Julie Coin FRA #75 Stephanie Voegele SUI #76 Jill Craybas USA #160 wc Sacha Jones NZL #227 wc Marina Erakovic NZL Auckland, 2nd Round, Wed 11am loser's prize: $2,950 US; points: 30 Auckland, QFs, Thu 11am loser's prize: $5,340 US; points: 70 Auckland, SFs, Fri noon loser's prize: $10,200 US; points: 130 Auckland, Final, Sat 1pm loser's prize: $19,000 US; points: 200 winner's prize: $37,000 US; points: 280 Auckland, Doubles Final, Sat loser's prize: $5,750 US winner's prize: $11,000 US Auckland, Qual Finals, Mon Jan 4 11am losers' prizes: q1 $265 1pt; q2 $460 6pts; q3 $860 10pts; qualifier 16 points Auckland, Withdrawals #62 Petra Kvitova CZE 2010 Hopman Cup Teams Group A "Ties" W-L Matches W-L s1 Australia #13 Samantha Stosur L Hewitt 0-0 0-0 s4 Spain #26 Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez T Robredo 0-0 0-0 s6 Romania #45 Sorana Cirstea V Hanescu 0-0 0-0 s7 USA #48 Melanie Oudin J Isner 0-0 0-0 Group B s2 Russia #5 Elena Dementieva I Andreev 0-0 0-0 s3 Great Britain #403 Laura Robson A Murray 0-0 0-0 s5 Germany #22 Sabine Lisicki P Kohlschreiber 0-0 0-0 s8 Kazakhstan #51 Yaroslava Shvedova A Golubev 0-0 0-0 Perth, Hopman Cup, Saturday, Jan 2, 10am Australia v Romania Perth, Hopman Cup, Sunday, Jan 3, 10am Spain v USA Perth, Hopman Cup, Monday, Jan 4, 10am & 5:30pm Russia v Germany Great Britain v Kazakhstan Perth, Hopman Cup, Tuesday, Jan 5, 10am & 5:30pm Australia v USA Spain v Romania Perth, Hopman Cup, Wednesday, Jan 6, 10am & 5:30pm Great Britain v Germany Russia v Kazakhstan Perth, Hopman Cup, Thursday, Jan 7, 10am Australia v Spain Romania v USA Perth, Hopman Cup, Friday, Jan 8, 10am Russia v Great Britain Germany v Kazakhstan Perth, Hopman Cup Final, Saturday, Jan 9, 9:30am 2010 World Team Challenge Teams: Europe: #4 Caroline Wozniacki DEN, #7 Victoria Azarenka BLR, Stefan Edberg SWE Russia: #9 Vera Zvonareva, #14 Maria Sharapova, Marat Safin The Americas: #6 Venus Williams USA, #36 Gisela Dulko ARG, Michael Chang USA Asia-Pacific: #35 Jie Zheng CHN, #83 Ayumi Morita JPN, Paradorn Srichaphan THA Hong Kong, SFs, Wed Jan 6 6:30pm Hong Kong, SFs, Thu 6:30pm Hong Kong, "Gold" Finals, Fri 4:30pm Hong Kong, "Silver" Consolation Finals, Fri 4:30pm Hong Kong, "Gold" Finals, Sat 11am Hong Kong, "Silver" Finals, Sat 11am   WTA Nov 4-8: Bali Bali: #12 Marion Bartoli 5'6¾" 128lb RH 2H-FH&BH Bali: #44 Aravane Rezai 5'5" 137lb RH 2H-BH Tournament of Champions Bali, INA PREMIER $600,000 12RR/0q/0d outdoor: hard Live Scores draws: WTA: S - OOP photos: DL | Y!: sports - news | WTA     On Sunday in Bali, in the final of the first WTA Tournament of Champions, this year's champion in Strasbourg, 10th-seeded 22-year-old #44 Aravane Rezai from St. Etienne, France, defeated this year's champ at Stanford & Monterrey, top-seeded 25-year-old #12 Marion Bartoli of France (residence: Geneva, Switzerland), 7-5, retired, when Marion could no longer continue due to a bad left quad strain (Marion is shown during the match, and Aravane, with the hardware, in traditional Balinese attire afterward). Aravane's prize is $200,000; Marion's is $100,000. tennis.quickfound.net tourney page: Bali Tournament of Champions   WTA Nov 7-8 2009 Fed Cup Final Reggio Calabria, ITA: #11 Flavia Pennetta 5'7¾" RH 2H-BH Reggio Calabria, ITA: Schiavone, Errani, Pennetta, Vinci 2nd Italian Fed Cup Title Fed Cup World Group Final Live Scores USA 0 at Italy 4   Reggio Calabria pics: Y!: sports - news | Fed Cup gallery mp3 audio: interviews - "Radio Player"     On Sunday in Reggio Calabria, Italy, in the third "rubber" of the 2009 Federation Cup final "tie", 27-year-old #11 Flavia Pennetta of Italy clinched the Fed Cup title for Italy by defeating 20-year-old #49 Melanie Oudin of the USA, 7-5, 6-2 (Flavia is shown during the match, and with teammates Francesca Schiavone, Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci afterward). Pennetta d Oudin, game-by-game tennis.quickfound.net "tourney" page: 2009 Fed Cup   WTA Oct 26-Nov 1: WTA Championships Doha: #2 Serena Williams 5' 9" 135lb RH 2H-BH Doha: #7 Venus Williams 6'1" 160lb RH 2H-BH Doha: 35th WTA Singles Title WTA Championships Doha, Qatar PREMIER $4,500,000 8RR/0q/4d outdoor: hard Live Scores draws: WTA: main - OOP pics: DL - Y!: sports - news - WTA     On Sunday in Doha, Qatar, in the final of the 2009 WTA Championships, the 2001 year-end champion, 28-year-old 2nd-seeded #2 Serena Williams from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, won the title again, by defeating her sister, the 2008 Doha champ, 29-year-old 7th-seeded #7 Venus Williams (same address) 6-2, 7-6(4) (both ladies are shown during the match, and Serena with the hardware afterward). Serena's prize is $1,550,000; Venus's prize is $580,000. tennis.quickfound.net tourney page: WTA Championships   WTA Sep 27-Oct 3: Tokyo Pan Pacific Tokyo: #8 Jelena Jankovic 5'9½" 130lb RH 2H-BH Tokyo: #25 Maria Sharapova 6'2" 130lb RH 2H-BH Toray Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo, JPN PREMIER 5 $2,000,000 56m/32q/16d outdoor: hard Live Scores - draws: WTA: Q - main - D - OOP | photos: Y!: sports - news | WTA     On Saturday in Tokyo, Japan, in the final of the Pan Pacific Open, the 2005 tourney champion, 22-year-old unseeded #25 (and former #1) Maria Sharapova of Russia (residences: Manhattan Beach, California & Bradenton, Florida), won again, defeating this year's champ in Cincinnati, 24-year-old 7th-seeded #8 (former #1) Jelena Jankovic from Belgrade, Serbia, 5-2, retired when Jelena could no longer continue due to a right arm injury (Jelena is shown, obviously in pain, during the match, and Maria holding the ceramicware afterward). Maria's prize is $350,000; Jelena's is $175,000.     It was Maria's first title since returning to play this summer after a 10 month layoff due to a prolonged right shoulder injury. tennis.quickfound.net tourney page: Tokyo   WTA Aug 31-Sept 13: US Open Flushing Meadows: #9 Caroline Wozniacki 5'10" 128lb RH 2H-BH Flushing Meadows: #NR Kim Clijsters 5'8½" 150lb RH 2H-BH Flushing Meadows: 2nd US Open Title in 5th GS singles final US Open Flushing Meadows, NY Grand Slam $21,600,000 128 players | outdoor: hard | stats Draws: WS pdf - WTA - mix doub Women: qualif - singles - doub photos: Y!: sports - BBC | CBS | WTA | Video: highlights - '09 WTA videos interviews click for US Open tourney page, with 269 photos cropped & enhanced, and many quotes        On Sunday night at Flushing Meadows, in the final of the 2009 US Open, the 2005 champ, who returned to play this summer after a two-year retirement, 26-year-old unranked (and former #1) Kim Clijsters from Bree, Belgium, won her 2nd US Open title by defeating this year's New Haven champ, 19-year-old 9th-seeded #9 Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark (res: Monte Carlo, Monaco), 7-5, 6-3.     Kim's prize is $1,600,000; Caroline's is $800,000 (Caroline & Kim are shown during the match, and Kim with the hardware at Times Square on Monday). tennis.quickfound.net tourney page: 2009 US Open   WTA June 22-July 5 Wimbledon Wimbledon: #2 Serena Williams 5'9" 135lb RH 2H-BH Wimbledon: #3 Venus Williams 6'1" 160lb RH 2H-BH Wimbledon: 3rd Wimbledon Title 11th GS Singles Title The Championships Wimbledon, GBR Grand Slam Prize$: £11,812,000 (all events) 128 players - outdoor: grass matches: statistics - Live Scores - OOP - results draws: W sing, pdf - mix doub - women's: qualif. - singles - doub pics: Y! sport - news - UK - WTA | free intv & hlite videos - wallpaper click for 2009 Wimbledon tourney page, with quotes & 198+ choice photos, cropped & enhanced       Williams' Arena: On Saturday in London, in the final of The Championships at Wimbledon, the 2002 & '03 champ, 27-year-old 2nd-seeded #2 Serena Williams from Palm Beach Gardens, FL, won a third time by defeating her older sister, the 2000, '01, '05 '07 & 0 champ, 28-year-old 3rd-seeded #3 Venus Williams, 7-6(3), 6-2 (photo shown). tennis.quickfound.net tourney page: 2009 Wimbledon   WTA: May 24-Jun 7   French Open Roland Garros: #7 Svetlana Kuznetsova 5' 8½" 161lb RH 2H-BH Roland Garros: #1 Dinara Safina 5'11½" 154½lb RH 2H-BH Roland Garros: 2nd Grand Slam Title 11th WTA Singles Title French Open Roland Garros, FRA Grand Slam outdoor: red clay - results - stats draws: all WTA, pdf - xd - women's: qual - singles - doub   men's: qual - singles - doub photos: Y! sports   Y! news - Y! France | WTA - videos: mp4 downloads - embedded text: news - interviews - information site for players - 2009 RG Players Guide, .pdf click for 2009 French Open tourney page, with quotes & 256+ choice photos, cropped & enhanced       On Saturday at Roland Garros, in the final of the 2009 French Open, the 2004 US Open champion, 23-year-old 7th-seeded # 7 Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia (residence: Monte Carlo, Monaco), won a second Grand Slam singles title, defeating last year's French Open finalist, 23-year-old top-seeded # 1 Dinara Safina of Russia (res: also Monaco), 6-4, 6-2 (photos shown). tennis.quickfound.net tourney page: 2009 French Open   WTA Jan 19-Feb 1: Australian Open Melbourne: #2 Serena Williams 5' 9" 135lb RH 2H-BH Melbourne: #3 Dinara Safina 5' 11½" 154½lb RH 2H-BH Melbourne: 10th Grand Slam Singles Title 33rd WTA Singles Title Australian Open, Melbourne, AUS Grand Slam event stats 128 players - outdoor: hard plexicushion AUD$23,140,000, 50%/50% WTA/ATP results - draws: WS, .pdf - women's: qualif. - singles - doub | pics: Y!: news - AO - WTA click for 2009 AO tourney page w/ 264 choice pics, cropped & enhanced, and 53 postmatch quotes       With all Odds: On Thursday in Melbourne, in the final of the 2009 Australian Open, the 2003,' 05 & '07 AO champ, 27-year-old 2nd-seeded # 2 Serena Williams from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, won again, defeating 22-year-old 3rd-seeded # 3 Dinara Safina of Russia (residence: Monte Carlo, Monaco), 6-0, 6-3 (both players are shown during the match, and Serena with the hardware after). tennis.quickfound.net tourney page: Australian Open

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CBS Sportsline.com: Tennis coverage is basically AP, but you have to find photos on a separate page (listed above). ESPN: Tennis is basically AP; they have improved their layout & navigation.   Tennis-Specific Sites: ATP player profiles search: enter last name: find more ATP links in the page top menu Tennis.com did a complete makeover of their website in 2005--and did it again in 2006--and Chrissie forgot to call and tell me the URLs had changed both times. The site has statistics, feature stories, results, events information, and hundreds of excellent tennis instruction articles and tips from the publishers of Tennis Magazine.     You can search the very useful feature article, "Your Game" instruction, and message board forum sections of the Tennis.com website with this form. Try to be specific--if you simply search for "backhand" you will get countless results, all the articles in which the word "backhand" is used. find this:   in: articles instruction forums   TennisForm.com is "the definitive online information source for serious tennis bettors." Jiro's Tennis Page, which focuses on Thai players, has much useful general WTA & ATP info, including main draw entry lists for many WTA, ATP, and ITF tourneys. Also try mytennis.it for entry info. Pro Tennis Fan is a blog site covering both the WTA & ATP, with good player-specific weblogs for many WTA players. Peter Bodo's Tennis World Blog Bob Larson's Tennis News Tennis Live is an all-tennis sports talk radio show. Tennis-Pool.com is a 100% free online fantasy tennis game, where you can pick and operate your own teams of WTA & ATP players. String Forum has a database of info on over 1400 tennis racket strings. 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TIME Magazine, May 23, 1955:     In her first column, the San Diego Union's new Women's Sports Editor Maureen ("Little Mo") Connolly, retired as the world's greatest lady tennis star at a ripe old 21, showed that sports punditry is as easy for her as smashing a tennis ball down an opponents throat.     Lamented Little Mo in great pontifical style: "[On] the American scene today ... we're reducing sports to a cluster of numbers on a board ... We ... are expecting our champions to be stadium automatons, the human equivalents of the balls in a super pinball machine ... We're watching for the numbers to light up and forgetting the play." 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    (Dec 23, 2009) Larry Ellison, the CEO of software manufacturer Oracle, has purchased the entire Indian Wells Tennis Garden Venue, and the rights to the annual WTA/ATP Indian Wells tournament. The previous owners were a group which included Charlie Pasarell and Raymond Moore (whose company, PM Sports Management, will continue to manage the tourney), George Mackin and Bob Miller of Tennis magazine, the United States Tennis Association, and former players Pete Sampras, Chris Evert and Billie Jean King. As of this writing, the tourney's principal sponsor will remain European financial giant BNP Paribas. KESQ story - Reuters story

(Dec 5, 2009) Former #1 Maria Sharapova defeated South & Central American #1 Gisela Dulko in two exhibition events in South America. The original schedule for the exhibitions was revised, and a match planned for Gisela's hometown, Buenos Aires, Argentina, was dropped.     On December 2, in Santiago, Chile, Maria defeated Gisela 6-1, 6-3, and on December 5 in Porto Feliz, Brazil, Maria won again, this time by a slim margin, 6-3, 3-6, (10-7).     Gisela defeated Maria at Wimbledon in 2009; Maria had won their two prior meetings. Maria & Gisela after their close match on Dec 5

    (Nov 15, 2009) #9 Vera Zvonareva underwent arthroscopic surgery to remove scar tissue from her right ankle in the Netherlands on Wednesday, November 11. Vera, 2009 Indian Wells champion, tore ligaments in her right ankle at the Family Circle Cup in Charleston on April 16, while playing Virginie Razzano in a third round match. Vera did not play again until Eastbourne, and she reinjured the ankle at Wimbledon while playing in the 1st round of doubles. The injury troubled her for the rest of the season.
    On her official website, Vera said: "I am lying in bed in my hotel in Amsterdam. I had an ankle surgery. All seem to be fine; no pain in my leg so far but certainly there is some inconvenience.
    "The surgery was done in one of Rotterdam’s clinics, so on Thursday I had to move to Amsterdam... At present I walk on crutches... I hope that by Australian Open I’ll be on-stream...
    "I will try to walk onto a court only when I am completely recovered. I plan to stay in Amsterdam for two weeks... After this I am going to Florida where I will get busy with physical training to start with. Besides I am going to meet with my coach Sam to discuss our further plans." Vera's website diary - AP story

    (Oct 22, 2009) The Tennis Integrity Unit, formed last year by the assorted governing bodies of pro tennis, is reportedly investigating the Tuesday, Oct 20, 1st round match in Luxembourg between top-seeded #6 Caroline Wozniacki and #876 Anne Kremer. Caroline retired from the match while leading 7-5, 5-0 due to left hamstring strain.
    Caroline's coach and father, Piotr, told her at 3-0 in the 2nd set to retire before winning because her injury would prevent her from playing in the next round. Although Caroline was born and raised in Denmark, her parents are Polish, and Piotr's remarks to her were in Polish. Microphones picked up his statements to Caroline, and his remarks were heard by those watching the match in streaming video on the Internet. The result, apparently, was a large amount of money rapidly bet on Anne Kremer.

    On Danish radio on Thursday, Piotr said: "I went onto the court and said to her: 'Caro, it does not matter whether it's going to be 5-0, 4-1 or 3-2. You can not play the next round, so you shouldn't take the risk.' I'm very proud of Caroline, because she stopped the fight and gave her opponent a chance."
    In the Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet, Caroline said: "So, people bet on my matches. Some win, others lose. I just know that I am clean. It is most important to me. And if anyone is in doubt about my injury, I can both produce scan from the hospital and a report from the tournament physiotherapist."

    There is little doubt that the incident was unintended by the Wozniackis. The real questions appear to be:
    1) Why was Caroline playing at all if she was injured going into the match? (particularly with the WTA Championships next week), and
    2) Why did Caroline not retire from the match earlier, at the point when her father made his remarks to her?

    The fact is that WTA and tournament officials put a lot of pressure on players, particularly "superstars," to play even if injured, and, if they must withdraw or retire, to do so as late as possible. It is likely that the Wozniackis were trying to be helpful to the tourney (and the WTA). Caroline, the top seed, might have withdrawn before the match, a tourney director's nightmare. Instead, she played and retired as late as possible (allowing a local player to advance to the next round), knowing the hamstring strain would have a week to heal before the Championships.
    Now, for trying to be helpful, they get a deluge of headlines associating their name with a gambling investigation. AP story

    (Sept 22, 2009 revised) 27-year-old former WTA #1 Justine Henin announced on Tuesday that she will return to the WTA Tour in January. Justine made the announcement on Belgian television; prominent Belgian newspapers had earlier declared that Justine was ready to reveal her intention to return.
    Three months notice are required for players returning from retirement, to meet anti-doping rules, so Justine's return to WTA play will be in Australia next January. Justine will play exhbitions in Charleroi, Belgium, and in Dubai, to prepare for next year. Justine has accepted wild card entries for January's Brisbane International, Sydney International, and Australian Open; after that she will have earned ranking points in 3 tourneys (required minimum for an "entry ranking"). She intends to continue playing at least through the London Olympics in 2012, when she will be 30 years old.
    On her official website, Justine said: "After 15 months of absence, I am pleased to announce to you that I’ve decided to begin my second tennis career. I don’t want to describe it as a comeback. It’s a new life that opens for me."
    Justine retired on May 14, 2008. She had won 41 WTA singles titles, starting with Antwerp in 1999 and ending with Antwerp in 2008, including the 2003, '05, '06, & '07 French Open, the 2003 & '07 US Open, and the 2004 Australian Open. She had a 493-107 record in singles matches. AP story - AP story 2

Monica in Newport, July 11

(July 11, 2009) Former WTA # 1 Monica Seles was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame today. ESPN story     35-year-old Monica formally announced her retirement from pro tennis in 2008. Monica had a 595-122 won-lost record in singles, and won 53 WTA singles titles, 6 WTA doubles titles, and $14,891,762 in prize money.     Despite a 2-year gap in her career (after she was stabbed in the back by a fan in Germany in 1993), Monica won 9 Grand Slam singles titles, beginning with the 1990 French Open, and ending with the 1996 Australian Open.     Monica was still ranked in the top 10 in 2003 when she was forced to stop playing by a left foot stress fracture which never healed properly (the same type of injury that led the chronic back pain which prevents Anna Kournikova from playing). 1996 book excerpt: Monica, by Monica Seles

    (Feb 11, 2009) Maria Kirilenko, Daniela Hantuchova, and Tatiana Golovin are all featured in the 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition, which is available online now.


    (Dec 14, 2008) Former WTA # 12 Tatiana Golovin will not play in the 2009 Australian Open due to ongoing back pain and inflammation at the "sacrospinalis-iliac crest".
    In the French magazine L'Equipe in November, 2008, Tatiana said: "As I haven’t played for almost one year, it is easy to say : 'Golovin is going to retire.' I can tell you now that it is not the case. I still have pain in my back, I don’t practice, but I am still totally hopeful to play again soon. It will be in a few weeks, months or even in one year, but my career is not over."
    Tatiana had surgery on March 12, 2008 to remove a cyst that was causing pain. While the doctors had the hood open, they decided to remove her appendix as well, just to be on the safe side. Tatiana hoped to be playing again by the French Open. Tatiana played one complete match at the German Open, then withdrew, one by one, from each subsequent tourney, as she never quite reached playable condition. golovin-attitude.com

    (Aug 28, 2006 updated 1/2007) # 4 Maria Sharapova has signed a new racquet endorsement contract with Prince which will pay her around $25 million dollars over the next 10 years. Maria's previous deal with Prince, a five-year contract, was signed when she was 14 years old, and due to expire. Maria currently uses Prince's O³ White model. The deal includes a base pay, plus incentives for high rankings and tournament performance.
    Maria also has endorsement contracts with Gatorade & Tropicana, Colgate - Palmolive, Motorola (expired in 2007), Parlux Fragrances, Canon, watchmaker TAG Heuer, Land Rover, Nike, and others, plus Japan-only deals with Honda & Pepsi, which make her the highest-paid female athlete in the world, earning an estimated $23 to $25 million a year.

    (Jan 5, 2005) The WTA has made a 6-year deal with mobile phone manufacturer Sony Ericsson to become the primary WTA Tour global sponsor. The price? $88 million.

    (Jan 6, 2004 revised) Wimbledon will have a new retractable roof for Centre Court in place in 2009, officials announced. Construction will begin after The Championships in July, 2006. The 2007 Championships will be played with no roof at all (the current partial roof removed), a new fixed partial roof will be in place in 2008, and the retractable roof completed in 2009. The roof will take 10 minutes to deploy, so Centre Court rain delays of up to 30 minutes will still be possible, but the roof is being installed to assure TV networks of almost continuous coverage, even if it rains. The arena's capacity will also be increased from 13,800 to 15,000.
    AELTC Long-Term Plan - original BBC story.

2004 Wimbledon, 2006 US Open, and 2008 Australian Open champion Maria Sharapova of Russia is featured in the 2006 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition, which hit newsstands on Feb 14. Click on the photo to see the SI Swimsuit pages online, including 22 pics of Maria looking very nice.